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wolfy42 posted...

I think breaking a leg of a bike thief for the first offense is fair, the second time you break both legs.

I mean seriously who would steal bikes if that was the penalty? No bikes would ever be stolen, nobody would have their legs broken.

You say that like physically injuring thieves is a new idea. Enough societies have tried that over the ages and still had theft problems that it's pretty safe to say it doesn't actually work that well. Especially in America, that's just more likely to result in bike thieves carrying guns so they can shoot anyone that tries to attack them. Even if it doesn't, crippling people generally interferes with their ability to be a productive member of society moving forward, potentially sentencing them to a lifetime of mooching and/or further crime. America's justice system obviously isn't very good for rehabilitation, given the recidivism rate, but other countries have seen significantly more success with more of a focus on rehabilitation than on being angry.

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